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Am I the only atheist that doesn’t smoke pot?

PeppermintDreads 7 Apr 20
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No--I don't like it at all.

Carin Level 8 Sep 13, 2018
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I don't think this has ever been studied, but i suspect there is no noncoincidental connection between atheism and pot smoking. (note that there is no bible that mentions marijuana.)

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Wow, I hope not.. never tried the stuff myself. Don’t quite understand the attraction to it, but to each their own. I do understand the importance of its use in medical applications.

The statement, "haven't tried it, don't understand the attraction to it".
Many people have written extensively on it's attraction, but, of course, until you have tried it yourself, you're not part of the conversation.

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I stopped smoking weed a bunch of years ago when it seemed to become a chore or at least the driving motivation behind most activities. I don't miss it much, the effect that is I do still really like the smell. I was never the guy who could smoke and remain quick-witted and Id rather be present in the conversation these days.

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Those who don’t smoke weed, simply think they are better than those who don’t...

Ungod Level 6 Apr 30, 2018

Not all of us. Not better. But there are those of us who are someone who doesn't smoke struggling with something and think smoking weed might help. At least, that's how it is for me.

Maybe the majority of Right Wing people of faith, although that's probably not even fair. But I certainly don't.think I'm better because I DON'T smoke. I just don't like the high. The majority of my friends do smoke dope.

I used to, I enjoyed it a lot. Many friends still smoke, I enjoy the aroma still, but my personal choice was made because I feel it would have a net negative affect on my career.

Hell no, I'm no better than anyone else. That's some inverted snobbery going on there. Just choices, ain't it? I don't drink either... Cos I was alcohol dependent for my entire adult life.

All things in moderation, but I'm probably more of a judgmental ass than when I was religious. SOME really need to smoke every day, but I'd say most who use any mind-altering substance on a daily basis would benefit from therapy and/or meditation.

The vast majority of my friends us MJ a bit, some every month and several who are ill daily.

My devoutly religious dad smokes about daily. A year ago my dad could barely do any exercise and today he rides a 4 mile loop on a bike 5-6 days a week.

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No, you are certainly not. ?

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Nope, my son does not touch the stuff.

When you’re around...

@Ungod Nope period. He is an honor student in engineering. I am a medical patient, his wife and mother are as well.
Just not his thing . . .
He did for a while as a teen (17-18) but stopped, not fond ofthe effects on his thinking process.

@Davesnothere Sure... I bet he doesn’t masturbate also!

@Ungod No need for him to hide it with two medical patients using it in the home all the time.

He must not breathe in the home...

@Ungod we don't smoke in the home, that would be inconsiderate, we smoke on the porch.
Also, it is not the same thing to be exposed to second hand smoke as to smoking something yourself because you want to, doubly so when the patients are medical and consume less than a gram a day of CDB strains, not THC strains, much of which is not smoked at all.

Point being, it is readily availble and not frowned upon by familt friends or his wife, it is just not his cup of tea.

Why is that hard to believe?
Not everyone likes drinking either.

@Davesnothere
Not everybody tells the truth either...

@Ungod True, but I also live with him, and both his wife and I smoke regularly.
There is zero reason for him to lie
He just does not like weed.

I am kind of amazed that you find that unbelievable, like you have never met anyone ever who did not like weed.
Sounds like your in a green Bubble.
And seeing as we all used to live in Humboldt together, I have seen a few of those.

@Davesnothere - I don’t NOT believe it. I just DON’T believe it...

@Ungod I get that, but it is not a fantastic claim.
It is not any different than someone not liking Lasagna, or Chili, or Beer, or wine.
A personal preference, which you cannot believe.

Reeks of a bias you hold.

@Davesnothere - Experience... I find that sex, drugs and money are the things most people lie about, most of the time.

If you wanna believe him that’s ok and understandable.

But I don’t!

@Ungod While I find that addage to be valid, it assumes apriori that every person always has some reason to lie about those things
Which is simply false
That is crossing the line from skepticism to cynicism

I do not need to believe him, he is standing beind me. I told him about your inability to believe he did not smoke when his wife and I do when I last had to medicate myself.

He says "You can eat a dick Motherfucker. Calling me a liar for no reason."

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When I was young a lot of my classmates did. I was never tempted, I saw the stoner's and they always looked like they were half asleep. I didn't want to be like that, so I never tried it. My exwife's son got hooked on it when he was just 12. He went to rehab at about 16, and it failed he is now 25 and still hooked, working a hard dead end job. I feel sorry for him, because as long as he smokes weed, he will never have anything, because he wastes his money on weed and fines when he gets caught with it. Such a waste.

Pot is not physically addictive. You cannot "get hooked" on it like smack or crank.

However if your life sucks, your job sucks and life looks bleak, weed can brighten your mood. That is why more enlightened societies grasp it works as a medication,

One can become phycologically dependant on it, but not physically addicted.

In short I would not blame that lads lot in life on weed, but on something underlying, for which he uses weed to cope. For instance "He got hooked on it at 12?", by that you mean he startyed using it at 12.
So life was not stadard issue for him was it?
In some way life was kind of fucked up as he was starting to use weed at 12, something drove that.

@Davesnothere There are many other signs of addiction than physical addiction. Addiction can be habitual and behavioral. If you have these signs, OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS, DISREGARD OF HARM CAUSED, LOSS OF CONTROL: DENIAL OF ADDICTION OR HIDING DRUG USE then you are addicted and it is harmful.

@CK-One You are conflating addiction and pyschological dependance

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I don't, though I used to smoke a lot of it. I didn't really consciously quit, it's just that circumstances led me to a place where I don't know where to get it. After a while, I just resigned myself to the idea that my pot smoking days are probably over. However, I am not sure what I would do if it happened to be right in front of me. I might (or might not) decide to indulge.

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I am for legalization, but I don’t smoke pot or use drugs or even drink that much. I don’t think I have even been “ Tipsy” since my oldest was born

Phin Level 6 Apr 23, 2018
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Nope. I don't smoke weed, at least not anymore. I used to back in my early to mid-20s, but never on a regular basis.

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Hallo,
No ofcourse your not the only one who doesn't smoke cannabis. Why should you? It doesn't make you wiser or healthier, or whatever. Using drugs mostly starts in the younger ages. It has to do with rebellion, with wanting to be different from others (grown ups), and being social with friends. Mostly cannabis doesn''t make one happy. Being stoned is not always very nice. But sometimes it can create a kind of mystic peace and quietness in the mind, that's all.

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I believe it’s pervasive in every segment of the population because it should be legal, it’s all about money, it will be legal when and only when the government is profiting off it. You here about people drinking and becoming violent all the time, the only thing in danger after you smoke pot is a box of cookies.

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I don't. It makes me too paranoid.

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